Kids’ Own Publishing (KO) gives children a voice, facilitates community storytelling and directly supports literacy development. KO is a social purpose organisation that partners with communities to share their stories widely through artist-led publishing.
KO empowers children and families from culturally diverse and socio-economically disadvantaged communities to celebrate their identity. A focus on training and capacity building ensures a strong ripple effect and significant sustainable impact in communities.
Since KO was founded in 2003, we have pioneered the concept of children’s community publishing in Australia as the world’s first dedicated publisher of books for children by children. We have published books in a variety of languages and developed WePublish an App for iPad for creating, designing and printing 8-page books.
Each year, Kids’ Own reaches approximately 30,000 children and their families through books published in partnerships and shared across Australia.